Réalta will present a webinar to introduce a new Toolkit of guidelines for setting up its highly successful programme Art at the Kitchen Table on Thursday 10 December at 11am.  Art at the Kitchen Table is an arts participation programme for older people, delivered by...

Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland, is delighted to announce that visual artist Sinéad Reilly is its new Artist in Residence.  Sinead will be based at the Réalta Centre for Arts + Health at University Hospital...

Application Deadline Fri 23 Oct Experience 2026: An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person Keynote Speaker Regius Professor Rose Anne Kenny Applications are open for Experience 2026: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person, which will take...

Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland, has issued an open call to artists of all arts disciplines to submit proposals for its Arts + Health Research + Development Residency 2026.  The deadline for submission of...

Our Arts Programme in Renal Dialysis celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2026.  This programme supports patients in the Renal Dialysis Unit at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) to engage in creative activity during their long hours of treatment. The programme began...

Grace Chan has been working as a Consultant Microbiologist at UHW since 2021, having worked as a Clinical Microbiology Specialist Registrar from 2016-2018. Grace’s favourite subjects to paint are the rural and urban landscapes of the south-east, along with the people,...

Save the Date: Experience 2026, An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person – Thursday 3 December – Keynote Speaker Prof Rose Anne Kenny Experience 2026: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person will take place on Thursday 03...

As part of Poetry Day Ireland on Thursday May 28, a Menu of Poems will be shared with patients, staff, and visitors across Irish hospitals and healthcare settings. Circulated on patient meal trays, the initiative will offer moments of comfort and reflection, and will...

Nurse and artist Marley Irish will mark her retirement from University Hospital Waterford (UHW) with her final exhibition on the Staff Art Wall at the hospital. Returning Home is a colourful, atmospheric collection of rural farming scenes, which Marley is dedicating...